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Postdischarge Surveillance for Surgical Site Infection: The Continuing Challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Petra Gastmeier
Petra Gastmeier*
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover D 30 625, Germany (gastmeier.petra@mh-hannover.de)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 1287 - 1290
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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